The Somerset reporter., 1887-07-06
HOW TO BE WELL.
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
PEN OF A LITERARY ATHLETE.


tho Care Of the Body-Treatment of
the stomach-Keepmg the skin Clean.
Out Door Air-Brcathing.
Aou can improve your physical health
and strength several hundred per cent.
without ever touching a club or n dumb
bell or pulling weight In fact, gymna-
Sums often do harm, for Two reasons:
first. because of the confined air, sec
oullly because those WHO attend them do
not know what sort of work Is best suited
to them and are apt to overdo the work
they undertake, thereby distorting them
selves and sapping their vitality. an ounce
of which is worth "A ton Of muscle in
the long run. Too much muscle will
shorten yeur life; but vitality is life itself.
The stomach, the skin and the luus- are
the three essential things in a human be-
ing. 80 long as they are in perfect order,
the finest professional gymnast can have
littlc 10 teach you. 10 keep them in
good condition, no gymnasium or eymnss-
tic apparatus Is required, still less any
pcp>n pills or sarsapa-illa. Nou can do
ii all yourself, without altering Aour bust
ness or domestic habits, or putting your
sell to any Inconvenience. Qate thc con-
trlry But it is extraordinary, the i'll
ecnuity some people show, when the
choice is offered them between tvu things
or courses, ono healthy tile ether tn
healthy, but both equally available or
easy-the diabolical certainty. ~, with
which they fix upon that which is uu-
healthy. Whatever the metaphysical
morals Of the bulk Of man and wolnan-
kiiA may Be, their physical morality
often seems not far removed from total
dcprayity.
TIE NOBLE STOMACH
Take the stomach first How many Of
oar average citizens can lay their hands
upon the noble organ and swear that
week Il might We'll say, day passes in
which they do not overload ii with pie,
pickles and candy? And how many gallons
of strong-even grecn-tca and hot coffee
per anum do they drench themselves
WITH A. to mastication, regularity Of
meals, respect for the digestive processes,
and so forth, | say nothing. After we
have ceased to stun ourselves with trash
that has no more nourishmeut in ii than
sawdust, and is actively injurious into the
Bargain, We may begin to consider these
more elevated subjects We hear Of cru
sades against alcohol; but have no sym
pathy with pie au'l candy eating and tea
nrn,rhns tn,nner,f'co or ,l,sti,,,.,'no. lat
ibo,n tirst tola tho Loo, ON, ~ 80,
eve A email onontitv ~ alcohol od,,,in.
;c,orod ot ,ho -, ,',,o - 80
md cnndy ond f,ro,,, t,, ro,or oan A.
stin from eucb etnfr entira1,.. no,'ar ,,r;,,l,
nn,,tl,in,, bn,tar than lI,9A t,ot -
yo,r on1v cn,,,ii,,n,'t, ,o ..,i, nuJ ,,,,,.
,orJ i, ,,,d.rn,in,, t 1,,,,tar ',.,.i,'1,,
ond ohoosa ,,ot NJ an. ,nr ,r,,ilf.,., -
sI,5',or bnve hroad and ,,,ilt ,,t,,,,.1 ,,,,d
o,.i,. Gov dinno, fr,,h ,,,,',, nd
t1i1os hot,ran,, b,lf i,,t ~ . a,, al
connie of suoonfuls of Ii9ht unddiny
AS TO DRINK.
A. to drink if Won are thirsty Won can
drink water. if fbe winter i had tal,e
mineral wafer. with nm nccasionol class If
nurc ale pr elarrt Every five ar fen min
ntes sion and usk yoursrlf whether vou
hoyn mn, l1,d rnnupG. and II vuuthirlf Won
can prt oloup with ,yhat vuu ,otnn ,n
not take ,noihcr ulotlthiuI Never trv ia
..temutp vour npu2tifr. I'm tha contrary
osk ynurs,.If whether ,ou could If rc,es.
snry. make "a. = meal un nurp Ine,,d and
wafer. and if lhe answer Is In the nr,s.,-
five. omit that ,nenl and ecr low ,nu feel
ai he neyt-but nrycrr at Between mral.
If Won ate only ,yhulesoinn thtr.r. van
cotild live and thrivn ON L4If fin, ,,ratrnf
bulk of your food Starvation il fine hest
cure for .lyspep,ia: pcl; me ms only ken
IL alive. After VEN havc lived ON rrasob-
able food for n month or TWO Won will no
LONGER he troubled with yGl1aami4b anne
tttr. If any way practicnblr Won o,iGht
to have nj lcast half nm hour i'm tbc omen
air before sitting down 10 table. and mt
any rate wash your facc md arms and
Ghost in cool water But must leave the
stomach here. with II hundred thiues still
IN he said about it,
c,rt az, nm, CRY
40" i"i NV SNi,'. Ninety -ln,'c Peopic
ou' "' IuV never 'iihk apout 'helr SKIN
lho.Sn 'hc 'eaiih vi 'lli 'heir lilteri'',l or
Gal9 "epehus upon US eolu''ioh' II Is
no use washing your lace ana hahds ana
leaNliE the iest Oh your pody untouched
Is n'tie DETER 10 Stun III lr"hV pI
' 'i' - ,it
,n,t II ,.,,,,r slim ,h,ra,,,,l1,, o,,oo :, ,l,,.
nm, ma oL.oc,,,, of ,li.cnf7,f,rt in hotbin,,
\ caid y.,ta,. II, a cold rnn,,, and all ennI
,..,nsonsa Ita,a tha nom ,,.a,.,,, ,,1 ~,
,r.,ter only - fnw dn,erre. rnnlrr St,v in
tha h,th i've min,,frs loerin,, vonrsnlf
eithc, under wafer or noIriny [yei NH ,bn
tiI,o Rnt il nftnr Won Inotn Ia, tttb
thnt tbo ronllv imnortont mart nf tl,n hath
hegins Drv vo,irself thoronohlv viii
t,y, to,yols, ,hcn tolo n otir nnsI lrr.b
md try vim nj, vonr ui,,ht IA r,,h vour
Gin otf A cocoa,tlt nhrr hrnsh H. tho
host. ond to ,rot nt vour hack II +. n Good
Nan to hovn n cocoanrt el,er p,ot INN,
ayoinst thn vail to rub voursnlr nonin.t
,.!onn nm ri. friction far nj Io,st Ton min.
.,tos Won could mot invest mo ea,no
.'.,o,,,t If tine moro ,sntnllv Tbrrs ia
- s,,nh romo1v for a favori.b hnl5, "a
TX, ,,atlin,, lilo n ,a relieve tho i,,ta.,ni
,r+.,,1, frn,, undun Leot md CONGESTION ~
tJ'7n1 ,pd IA frnn tbn un,,s from nnnroa-
.il,1 Ataroovor II ortnaIlv incro,.ni tbo
.i,a az tho unccIoo and mol.es ,ben,
tirmcr Inv causing the blood TO circulate
more vigorously in them. As to its effect
npon the elasticity and beauty of the skin
itself, that will be obvious at glance.
TIE FLESH BRUSH.
II is the brush. not the toilet bottle.
TINT furnishes the only true bloom of